Another week, another dump of documents from the FTC v. Microsoft case. This time a reveal may have a direct impact on players in both the PlayStation and Xbox ecosystems,
Then we arrive at Elder Scrolls 6, which is an existing IP but not multiplayer. And it is listed as being released in 2026 or later, andfor PlayStation, only Xbox or PC. Publicly, Phil Spencer testified that the decision had not been made about ES6 yet, and while that may be true, this chart shows that at least early thinking is that yes, it would be kept off PlayStation.
Again, Microsoft’s justification here is that it’s not taking some existing cross-platform game away from PlayStation here, but it is, as a whole, taking away a long-running multiplatform. Though it believes that’s a different thing entirely. We’ll see what becomes of this and if we’ll get any further statements about it.